-resistent pious pioneers of 1710, first above stated, introduced religious liberty and freedom here. Thus Lancaster County was prominent in in- troducing and in establishing freedom of religion in this region of America. We of Lancaster County and of Pennsylvania never perverted but ever perpetuated this

attitude towards the Revolutionary War. V. 16 p. 253. 1732 Quoting Smith's History of Pennsylvania, which seems to discuss the history of Quakers particularly we find it stated regarding the beginning of the Quaker sect in Lancaster County that "A meeting for worship every first and fifth day was held at

�Bucks Countians lodged as follows: Isaac Van Horne at Nauman's and Ralph Stone and James Erwin at John Musser's corner of East Orange and Lime Streets and Gerardus Wynkoch at Judge Henry's. The Chester County legislators divided: Jos. Hemphill lodged at A Scott's on Orange Street; Jas. Hannum at

COUNTY TAX IN 1774 In a volume of Lancaster County Miscellany among the manuscripts of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, are found the sums of taxes assessed against and collected from the several townships and the Boro of our County for Provincial and for County purposes in 1774

Early Lancaster County History in the Provincial Records and Archives Read by Benj. B. Lippold (Original notes by H. Frank Eshleman) It is an old saying in the legal profession that the question is not so much what the law is, as it is where to find the law. It is also true of the undigested and

(d) FOUR GREAT SURVEYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY Among the Taylor Papers in the Manuscript Department of the His- torical Society of Pennsylvania, are found (with a great number of others) four great surveys of lands in Lancaster County, which may well challenge our interest and which are of great value

%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank, 1869-1953. Title: Lancaster County history in the several series of the Pennsylvania archives and other provincial and state source books / by H. Frank Eshleman. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Lancaster County (Pa

horses would be needed. Lancaster County was the chief source of them. Quarters for the Regulars were demanded also and this made a serious situation shortly afterwards, in Lancaster (8 C. R. 59-61). He also demanded a Pennsylvania contribution of 50 light horses and an account of what provincial troops

(a) LANCASTER COUNTY CONTRIBUTORS TO RELIEF OF BOSTON, 1774 Among the manuscripts in the Manuscript Department of the Library of the Pennsylvania Historical Society at Philadelphia in a Volume entitled "Lancaster County Miscellaneous Papers," pp. 5 and 7 appear the following documents: "We whose

a woman over 60 years old whose husband shipped her to Pennsylvania to get rid of her, and that America formed a means for all kinds of riddance from European soil, which people in. Europe could avail themselves of, if they had sufficient influence with ship captains. Those shipped abroad in that